The other day I finished a book that my sweet friend Katerina in Athens had taken great pain to find for me. It was the English translation of a Greek author, in this case Ilias Venezis. A wonderful book to boot. But it made me thoughtful why, besides the great classics like Homer, Aristotle, Plato, […]
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Letter: A Well-lived Life
He was king with numerous opportunities to rule well during his eight year reign. He had not. During that time he had not achieved anything for his country or people that qualified as a distinguishable accomplishment of merit. Nothing. The people he had ruled were glad when he departed. “He passed away, to no one’s […]
I Care a Lot – Film Review
Imagine someone explaining to you that your mother’s doctor and the court has given a person complete control over your mom, her home, her savings, and access to her . . . and there is nothing you can do about it. Rosamund Pike plays Marla Grayson, a crooked legal guardian who drains the savings of […]
The Little Shopping Center on South Cedar Just Around the Corner
Just a quarter mile from the Tacoma Mall, directly across the street from KFC on 38th Street in Tacoma, is a small, but friendly and interesting shopping center with only a handful of shops. Years ago we often visited the Mexican restaurant there, The Funky Iguana. It’s gone now, but in its place is Cocina […]
Reliving the Magnitude 6.8 Nisqually Earthquake 20 Years Later
I can only imagine that adults living in and around the Seattle-Tacoma area today, who were here February 28, 2001, have their own personal memories of the Magnitude 6.8 Nisqually earthquake that struck at 10:54 Pacific Time that morning. What follows is my story… My husband Charles and I opened a flower shop in the […]
Cocina Mexicana Restaurant Review
How could you not love bacon wrapped shrimp? Peg ordered it and we all sampled. Yes, we all loved the bacon wrapped shrimp at Cocina Mexicana. Officially she ordered Camarones Apretalados – fried prawns wrapped in a bacon on a bed of bell peppers topped with melted white cheese. A number of years ago we […]
Malcolm and Marie (2021) Movie Review
Malcolm and Marie, written and directed by Sam Levinson, opens on our two and only main characters. Filmmaker Malcolm (John David Washington) and his girlfriend Marie (Zendaya) are returning home after Malcolm’s latest film premiere. Malcolm puts on James Brown and is very pleased with how it went, particularly how he nailed his speech. He […]
The Landline Detective – Film Review
I woke up at 2:30 AM. Peg was sound asleep. I turned on the TV and turned off the audio. Closed Captioning is always on. Earlier in the evening I had seen a film title that looked interesting: The Landline Detective. As it turned out, it is. Father and grandfather Jimmy has been taxed with […]
Across the Fence: National Days
Have you ever pondered what a national day is? By definition, it is a day that marks the nationhood of a nation or a state. The other day I looked it up on Wikipedia. Including a map that shows two nations that, to my utter surprise, don’t have any – the United Kingdom and Denmark. […]